Course Topics

  • Prosthetic Guidelines for Esthetics

  • Soft Tissue Healing

  • Gingivectomy / Crown Lengthening

  • Gingival / CT / AllodermT Grafts

  • Esthetic Crown Lengthening

  • Root Coverage

  • Tooth vs Implant Soft Tissue

  • Keys for Soft Tissue Management

  • Soft Tissue Management Around Dental Implants

  • Orthodontic Extrusion

  • Soft Tissue Consideration and Timing for Surgery

  • Ridge Preservation

  • Implant Size and Position for Esthetics

  • Extraction / Immediate Implant Placement

  • N-Fit vs One Stage

  • One Stage vs Two Stage

  • Live Surgery

  • Laboratories - Workshops

  • Derma Fillers

Soft tissue grafting

 

Root coverage grafting

Course Objectives

Discuss the guidelines for esthetics relative to the hard and soft tissues of the mouth.

Review the anatomy and biologic principles of soft tissue healing and suturing.

Describe and compare crown lengthening on natural teeth and implants for esthetics.

Observe crown lengthening procedures on patients in conjunction with implant insertion or uncovery.

Present step by step procedures required for root coverage of natural teeth.

Compare the techniques of keratinized tissue grafts, connective tissue grafts and freeze dried acellular dermis grafts used for root coverage.

Appreciate the similarity and differences in soft tissues around implants and natural teeth.

Apply the anatomy and biology of soft tissue to the keys for soft tissue management techniques around dental implants.

Learn the soft tissue timing techniques involved in the soft tissue drape around dental implants.

Understand the step by step techniques in ridge preservation following the extraction of natural teeth.

Discuss the advantages and procedures for hard and soft tissue improvement via orthodontic extrusion procedures.

Appreciate the implant size requirements for soft tissue esthetics.

Relate the position of the implant and the resultant esthetic appearance of the restoration.

Utilize the tooth extraction/implant placement procedure to maintain soft tissue esthetics.

Appreciate the difference between a 2-stage a 1-stage or a N-FIT concept relative to esthetic considerations.

Recognize and treat soft tissue complications.

Observe live patient surgery for esthetic soft tissue management procedures in implant dentistry.

Perform soft tissue surgical procedures including free gingival grafts, connective tissue grafts, and acellular dermis grafts on laboratory/ animal models.